[{"element_type":"text","content":"\n  \n  \n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamplerBox\u003c/strong\u003e is an electronic musical instrument. Drop audio samples onto it, hook up a MIDI keyboard, and you'll be able to play with realistic piano, organ, drums, etc. sounds!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Samplerbox is a small device that plays pre-recorded instrumental sounds when it receives MIDI commands. Vintage products that do this include: ASR-10/EPS/Mirage samplers. Here are other similar products:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://hearthemusicplay.com/best-keyboard-and-midi-sound-modules/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSound Modules\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's sample player. It's a MIDI sound module. It is a ROMpler. It stores the sounds of instruments and plays notes from those instruments when it receives MIDI note commands. Those sounds can be any WAV files. You can freely download sound files (samples and sample-sets) over the Internet, or you can record them yourself and copy the sound files into SampleBox. It can then receive MIDI from a MIDI keyboard controller, or any other MIDI device and play the sounds out an ordinary line-out jack.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eoriginal\u003c/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003eSamplerbox project is described at this website:.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.samplerbox.org/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://www.samplerbox.org/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003eHowever that's outdated now. We're providing current (May 2023), much easier build instructions \u003cspan\u003eat \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://chromakinetics.com/samplerbox/\"\u003ehttp://chromakinetics.com/samplerbox/\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtensive, detailed information on the latest Samplerbox development is at:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://homspace.nl/samplerbox/SBabout.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://homspace.nl/samplerbox/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: this website may be offline. Use the \u003ca href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20230130121521/https://homspace.nl/samplerbox/\"\u003eWayback Machine\u003c/a\u003e to view the archived version of that website if necessary.\u003c/em\u003e There are a whole lot of pro-level features documented there that you can access, depending on how much complexity you want to deal with.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood article on using a Samplerbox as a Mellotron replacement\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.craigandheather.net/docs/SamplerboxMellotronArticle.pdf\"\u003eSamplerboxMellotronArticle.pdf\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      \n\n","metadata":{}},{"element_type":"user_image","content":"https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/user_assets/assets/000/000/261/original/IMG_2516sm.jpg?1698257320","metadata":{"caption":""}},{"element_type":"text","content":"\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n        \u003cp\u003eFull build instructions are at \u003ca href=\"http://chromakinetics.com/samplerbox/\"\u003ehttp://chromakinetics.com/samplerbox/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRequired Parts\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaspberry Pi 3B+ $35 or Raspberry Pi 4 (any memory size)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e(also should work on a Pi Zero 2, but these directions do not cover that model.\u003c/em\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.adafruit.com/product/4452\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePimoroni Pirate Audio LineOut\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e$25\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pirate-audio-line-out\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePimoroni website\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePower supply for Raspberry Pi (5V 2.5A with correct connector for the Pi model)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMicroSD card at least 2GB (I'm using 16GB)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea microSD card reader or microSD adapter (if your computer has a full-size SDcard slot built-in)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea MIDI keyboard (either a USB keyboard or a 5-Pin DIN MIDI keyboard connected to a USB MIDI adapter)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n      \n\n\n\n\n","metadata":{}},{"element_type":"user_image","content":"https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/user_assets/assets/000/000/268/original/IMG_2521sm.jpg?1698257487","metadata":{"caption":""}},{"element_type":"product","content":"https://www.adafruit.com/product/4292","metadata":{}},{"element_type":"product","content":"https://www.adafruit.com/product/4452","metadata":{}}]